The Crazies that control cereral prices

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

I'm just shocked that a big 'looking' but skinnier box of Coca Puffs now costs $3.25 :confused:

AND THEY CUT OUT MOST OF TEH SUGAR! !! 1 :mad:



:cry:

[rob2001]

That sucks, I love cereal...perfect anytime quick meal!

[Twangzilla]

I have been boycotting cereal for years.

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

I have been boycotting cereal for years.



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[Average Joe]

I always knew that captain was up to no good

[Teleplayer]

I buy cereal when it's on sale. Rarely pay more than $2.50 - $3.00/box.

Majority of the price, like with any Food Inc. product, is in the lovely, colorful and deceitful packaging. Oh yeah, and gots to pay Madison Avenue for da brilliant advertising campaigns that tell you how healthy most of that crapola is for your kiddies.

I usually stick with organic and/or natural stuff. Won't touch anything with high fructose corn syrup, sucrose and lots of yummy chemicals/preservatives in it.

[Amp360]

I go to Wal-Mart. They sell the Malt-O-Meal cereal in bags for $1.00 and it's Made in the USA.

You can get their version of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, etc.... It lasts longer and it's just as good.

[VicAjax]

cereal is my desert island food.

i mean, i'm a total foodie.. i mean top ny chefs, molecular gastronomy, exotic organ meats... i love it all.

but stuck on a desert island? cereal. maybe peanut butter, but DEFINITELY cereal.

[dougb415]

Cereral?

[cogan]

I buy cereal when it's on sale. Rarely pay more than $2.50 - $3.00/box.

Majority of the price, like with any Food Inc. product, is in the lovely, colorful and deceitful packaging. Oh yeah, and gots to pay Madison Avenue for da brilliant advertising campaigns that tell you how healthy most of that crapola is for your kiddies.

I usually stick with organic and/or natural stuff. Won't touch anything with high fructose corn syrup, sucrose and lots of yummy chemicals/preservatives in it.

Now that's funny. How ironic to have someone take a cut at the food industry's marketing machine, and then give a plug for organic food, one of the greatest marketing scams ever concocted:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/07/29/us-food-organic-idUSTRE56S3ZJ20090729

Original article:

http://www.ajcn.org/content/90/3/680.full

No clear difference in safety from consuming organic food:

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a737811935&fulltext=713240928

[Jeff Michael]

You think oil and energy are the elephants in the room in the 20-teens? Maybe. But we'll look back on that fondly when food and water are the big issues of the 2020s.

JAM

[VicAjax]

Now that's funny. How ironic to have someone take a cut at the food industry's marketing machine, and then give a plug for organic food, one of the greatest marketing scams ever concocted:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/07/29/us-food-organic-idUSTRE56S3ZJ20090729

Original article:

http://www.ajcn.org/content/90/3/680.full

i don't think people choose organic food for supposed higher nutritional content, so i'm not really sure what the purpose of this study is. are there people who actually think organic food will have more nutrients? :huh

No clear difference in safety from consuming organic food:

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a737811935&fulltext=713240928

actually, the conclusion of this study seems to be.. "Relevant scientific evidence, however, is scarce, while anecdotal reports abound. Although there is an urgent need for information related to health benefits and/or hazards of food products of both origins, generalized conclusions remain tentative in the absence of adequate comparative data."

[art_z]

Its because the corn your cereal is made from is now also being used as a fuel additivie. Supply goes down, prices go up.

[Amp360]

Organic food can be terrible for the environment plus if you're eating something like a banana or an orange it doesn't matter.

I know a lot of "green" people who smoke (cigs or pot) - that I don't get.

[Rob Sharer]

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/fail-owned-cereal-fail.jpg

[cogan]

i don't think people choose organic food for supposed higher nutritional content, so i'm not really sure what the purpose of this study is. are there people who actually think organic food will have more nutrients? :huh

Can't say why people buy organic, though the nutritional benefit argument is certainly used as part of the marketing ruse:

http://www.organicfoodinfo.net/

I'd be willing to bet that if you were to stand outside a Whole Foods and ask people coming out why they buy organic, you will get a significant group of responders who work "superior nutrition" into their answer.

"Relevant scientific evidence, however, is scarce, while anecdotal reports abound. Although there is an urgent need for information related to health benefits and/or hazards of food products of both origins, generalized conclusions remain tentative in the absence of adequate comparative data."[/I]

Agree with your assessment, which is why I said that there is "no clear difference". Safety is another key marketing point, but there isn't enough evidence to make such claims.

I'm not dismissing organic food out of hand, just pointing out that, like so many other health/lifestyle fads promoted on the web, a lot of the back story is nothing more than anecdotal marketing, with little if any evidence to support the claims.

[hellbender]

I'm buying in bulk out of the bins.

[JamesT]

The organic food I have eaten tased better than non-organic. However, I buy a particular cereal for the to inside so who care about oprganic cereal if there is not toy included.